On 18th September 2011 the DLR (Deutsches Luft- & Raumfahrtzentrum, the german space agency) and the European Space Agency held the first European #Spacetweetup, which will be informally also known as #awesome #spacetweetup. 60 people from 13 countries were selected […]

From the 24th to the 26th of June Space Air could be smelled in the centre of the Salzkammergut, or more precisely in the empirial Spa of Bad Ischl. 14 members of the space forum have choosen this place (which […]

One Week That’s it- THE WEEK, for which we have waited so long. One week, we will remember for years. But nevertheless on this day, the last day of our mission, the feelings of the members are split. On one hand […]

As the IT group was working throughout the whole weekend to get communication and telemetric infrastructure working at Rio Tinto’s MCC (Mission Control Center) at Innsbruck a first RSS (Remote Science Support) test run was conducted this Sunday. Rio Tinto […]

This year’s Yuris Night will be a special one. 50 years ago, on the 12th of April the young Yuri Gagarin went into space. He was the first human who circled once around the Earth and made history! This should […]

2006-04-12, 2030h MST AustroMars Mission Sol 5: “Bacteria Day an Yuri’s Night” If I had to describe this day in two words, I would most likely choose “bacteria day”, as today’s EVA’s were all centred on biological experiments. Already in […]